IRELAND’S Paul O’Shea and his mount Imerald Van’t Voorhof showed their consistency at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Show on Sunday, when taking the top spot in the $125,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix presented by The Kincade Group, for the second consecutive year.

There were 33 entries, representing seven different countries, in the class, which was the highlight of the New York show, with only seven of the combinations jumping clear over the 1.50m track set by Alan Wade to make it into the jump-off. O’Shea was second last to jump over the shortened course and he rode his 16-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding clear in a time of 37.25 seconds, which ended up the fastest of the double clears to secure them the win for the second time in a row to claim the top prize of $41,250. This knocked previous leader Carly Anthony (USA) into second place riding Heavenly W (37.50), while another Irishman, Offaly’s Darragh Kenny, rode the 17-year-old Holsteiner stallion VDL Cartello into third place (38.20).